Re: Composition & Improvisation (was Re: Terje Rypdal was ECM guitarists)

[Warren Sirota <wsirota@wsdesigns.com>]

Sorry if this sounds flip, but I'd just say, play without a net. (i
say this without having followed any of the previous thread that
spawned this)

On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 10:35 AM, Mark Hamburg<mark@grubmah.com> wrote:
> When I was last in conscious recording mode -- as opposed to, the 
>recorder
> happens to be running while I'm playing -- the approach I found myself
> taking was to improvise until I found something I liked, then hone in on
> various elements of it playing the "piece" repeatedly until I had the 
>flow
> down, then record it possibly doing a couple takes while doing so. Having
> then committed the piece to some form of recording medium, I would then
> proceed to let it flow back out of my brain which was fine until I found
> myself in a live performance situation with no material to fall back on.
>
> Mark
>
>



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Warren
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